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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4550 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude law firms and licensed attorneys who are engaged in activi... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Exclusion of law firms and lawyers from the definition of debt collector when engaged in the practice of law

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Section 803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692a(6) ) is amended— by redesignating subparagraph
(F)as subparagraph (G); and by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: any law firm or licensed attorney, to the extent that such firm or attorney is— serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or communicating in connection with a legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client in, or at the direction of, a court of law (including in depositions or settlement conferences) or in the enforcement of a judgment; and .
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